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Recognizing the Leaf
We two – India and China – have a strange relation when it comes to tea. We have nothing in common except that tea came to India from China and was established by the British on a slavery model to...
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Life of a Tea Worker
A heated debate is going on in India whether or not the tea worker is paid ‘minimum wage’ as prescribed by the annals of Government. The employers state vehemently that they are doing their best on...
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The Evolving Tea Culture of the Pacific Northwest
Following in the tradition developed last year, my team took an epic road trip up the West Coast to connect with our tea friends in the Pacific Northwest. I wrote about my experiences from last year...
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Tea Certificate
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many more social media sites have done unparallelled work for the cause of innumerable tea businesses all over the world. Work which the web-shops alone could not do as...
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Tea is Our Lifeblood
A few weeks ago the Tea Board of India announced that 75% of tea producers in West Bengal (home of Darjeeling) were operating at a loss. An even more devastating story can be told about the tea...
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Sugar
YI – Young India – is a branch of the CII – Confederation of Indian Industry – meant to develop leadership qualities in budding entrepreneurs. We recently opened a branch in our tea city and I attended...
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Tea Culture
If I divide my life into segments, then broadly speaking I can categorize the first twenty years for education, the second twenty for growing tea, the third twenty for selling tea and now the fourth...
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A Bridge of Tea
On January 11th, 2016 at the Delhi Book Fair a Dialogue over Chinese and Indian Black Tea was held where I and Prof. Wang Xufeng, Dean of Tea Culture College of Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry...
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Blast from the Past: Focus on Assam
The following article was originally posted to T Ching in March of 2012. Sixteen “cuppers” all over the world lifted their tasting spoons together during the International Tea Cuppers Club’s Darjeeling...
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Another Tea Shop Bites the Dust
I remember being envious of New Yorkers, as a former east coaster myself, when three years ago the Paris-based tea company Palais des Thés open their shops in Manhattan. I was, however, shocked and...
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Weather and Tea
Cludy Munnar Panorama, Kerala, Western Ghats, India I’ve recently noticed articles on how climate change is affecting the production of tea. First, I noted an article on Assam’s tea production being...
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Top 10 Tea Towns: World’s Best Cities to Experience Tea Culture
Compiled by The Flavor Project & Eric Sensen Through sickness and through health, tea has and will always be the world’s beverage of choice. According to legend, in 2737 BC, the Chinese emperor...
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Rungneet – The Lost Tea Gardens of Darjeeling
We were invited to visit this place recently, and in two days of intense research on this place, we learned that this place was a hellhole too. Two long vertical swaths of narrow lands reached from the...
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The Mesmerising Tea Gardens of Munnar
The way to Munnar, a quiet hill station in southern India, is full of sharp bends and narrow pathways.There are colourful houses, temples, and little schools dotting the slopes, with numerous quaint...
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A Dash of Monsoon Magic in my Tea
Every summer we return to southern India to spend a few enchanting days with parents and relatives, and it is often to revisit many memories and to relive the charm of the monsoons. The magic of the...
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Tea Diplomacy
“Tea Diplomacy” would be an apt terminology when it comes to India & China, with their fast-growing interactions which shed light on the development of their two greatest...
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Packing a Punch in Earthen Cups
For tea lovers, drinking tea in an earthen or terra cotta cup, like the ones used in northern India, is a wonderful tea experience. The matka which is used to serve the brew is a little pot of unglazed...
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The Benefits of Holy Basil
Ginger spiked tea with a few leaves of Holy Basil added to it is something I distinctly remember as a part of those days during my growing-up years when I could sense the beginning of an irritating...
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Doke & Japan
Astringency in India teas – be it Darjeeling or green teas – makes them less attractive to the people of China & Japan. But this time during Xiamen Expo in October 2016 I found that Doke Black...
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The delightful ginger chai experience
Sipping on ginger flavored chai is an experience I look forward to at any time of the day. To add a zesty flavor to the mornings, to unwind and relax in the evenings or to help me stay awake at night...
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